Michael Foot
(1913-2010), Editor, man of letters and Labour politician; MP for Ebbw Vale and Blaenau Gwent and leader of the Labour PartySitter in 18 portraits
Politician and Leader of the Labour Party (1980-83). Foot, a member of a political dynasty, was a journalist before entering parliament in the Labour landslide of 1945. A Bevanite, Foot was editor of the left wing weekly Tribune from 1948 to 1952, and again from 1955 to 1960. He succeeded Aneurin Bevan as MP for Ebbw Vale in South Wales. Foot was Secretary of State for Employment (1974-6) and under James Callaghan, Leader of the House of Commons. Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (1976-80), he succeeded Callaghan as Leader of the Opposition, a position he resigned three years later after Margaret Thatcher's repeated success at the polls.
Michael Foot; Quintin McGarel Hogg, 1st Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone
by Anthony Wysard
pencil and gouache, circa 1948
NPG 6117
The House of Commons, 24 July 1986
by Chris Orr
aquatint and etching, 1986
NPG 6834
by David Newell-Smith
gelatin silver print, circa 1970
NPG x200281
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1986-1987
NPG x27968
by Martin Rowson
pen and ink, 23 November 2000
NPG D49417
Michael Foot; Francis James Baird Wheen
by Martin Rowson
pen and ink, 11 September 2003
NPG D49463
Mug Shots front cover artwork (Alastair John Campbell; Michael Foot)
by Martin Rowson
gouache and ink on paper, published 2005
NPG D49475
Related People
- Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon (brother)
- Jill Craigie (wife)
- Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot (brother)
- Isaac Foot (father)
- Paul Mackintosh Foot (nephew)
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